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Tenants put on notice
By Keith Platt
HOUSING Minister Wendy Lovell is
being called on to make it easier to
evict nuisance public housing tenants
in Frankston.
The decision by Frankston Council
to meet and lobby Ms Lovell follows
harrowing accounts of drug use and
intimidation and violence against residents living near houses provided by
the Department of Human Services.

Councillors believe the city has more
than its fair share of low-cost public
housing.
Demand for changes to the way DHS
handles its tenants comes at the same
time that figures show the state has
slashed $247 million from its spending
on social housing. Frankston and parts
of neighbouring Mornington Peninsula
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He said there had been fights on the
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Cases outlined by Cr Aitken include:
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First round win for Libs
choice to take on Shaw
By Mike Hast
SEAN Armistead has been selected
by the Liberal Party to take on independent MP Geoff Shaw and Labor’s
Helen Constas in the crucial seat of
Frankston at the November state election.
Mr Armistead, 37, a manager at
Crown casino, won in the first ballot
at the Frankston preselection convention held at Frankston Arts Centre on
Monday night last week, knocking off
rivals Darrel Taylor, Frankston’s mayor, and Detective Senior Sergeant Michael Lamb, head of the Mornington
Peninsula’s crime investigation units.
Mr Armistead’s win has shocked
many Liberals, who thought Cr Taylor was the frontrunner because of his
higher profile in the electorate.
But Mr Armistead had strong support from party powerbrokers, including Victorian senator Mitch Fifield,
and was seen to have performed well
at last year’s federal election.
He ran for the Liberals in the unwinnable seat of Melbourne, attracting almost 23 per cent of votes (and a small
swing to the Liberals) when up against
the Greens’ Adam Bandt with 42 per
cent and Labor’s Cath Bowtell with 26
per cent.
Bandt won after distribution of preferences, 55.3 per cent to Bowtell’s
44.7 per cent.

Battle ready: Sean Armistead is the Liberal Party’s candidate for the state seat
of Frankston at the November election.

Mr Armistead’s federal campaign
was supported by Julie Bishop, Mr
Fifield, Scott Ryan, Matthew Guy,
Wendy Lovell and Craig Ondarchie.
Mr Armistead joined the Liberal
Party in 2007, another advantage over
his preselection rivals with Cr Taylor
joining in August 2011 but quitting
before he ran for Frankston Council
in late 2012 and rejoining earlier this
year when he decided to throw his hat
in the ring for preselection.
Senior Sergeant Lamb told The
Times he had been a Liberal voter all
his adult life but did not join the party
until August 2011.
Mr Armistead is manager of the
indigenous employment program at

Crown casino in Melbourne.
He co-founded an indigenous internship program in Melbourne, worked
at KPMG as its indigenous program
manager, at Hewlett Packard, and was
an indigenous cadet at the federal Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
in Canberra.
Mr Armistead was born in Darwin
where he lived with his father Barry
and his mother Jennine – a Ngunga
Aboriginal woman – before moving to
Melbourne at age 8.
He attended Langwarrin Primary
School, the Peninsula School, Mt Erin
Secondary College and John Paul College before completing a Bachelor of
Commerce at the University of Melbourne.
He has been active in the Liberal
Party as a member of the Frankston
and Melbourne branches, as chairman
of the Melbourne State Electoral Conference, and as a member of the state
assembly.
He has worked for the party at all
state and federal elections since joining the Liberals.
He is chairman of the board of
Worawa Aboriginal College in Healesville.
Mr Armistead told conference delegates last week Frankston would be a
key battleground in the lead-up to the
election and would attract media attention.

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He said he had worked with and
learnt from some of the most experienced people in the party, and would
build Frankston into a safe Liberal
seat.
Senior Sergeant Lamb said Mr Armistead “has my full support and I’ll
help him win”.
Cr Taylor said “the party faithful
have made a decision, I support it and
wish Mr Armistead all the best”.
The mayor said he had enjoyed the
preselection process and would not
have done it without the support of upper house MP Inga Peulich.
The key to the Liberals winning
Frankston is former party member
and now independent Geoff Shaw.
The Napthine government needs his
preferences to guarantee victory in the
marginal seat, where Mr Shaw holds
a nominal margin of 0.4 per cent after
last year’s boundary change that saw
Labor-leaning Frankston North and
Belvedere Park become part of the
seat.
A Labor Party insider said Mr Shaw
had been very quiet in recent weeks.
“Perhaps the Libs have done a deal
with Shaw – his preferences in return
for a job after he loses the election.”
 Geoff Shaw resigned from the Liberal
Party on Monday 17 March, four days
before the party was expected to expel
him. Mr Shaw resigned from the Parliamentary Liberal Party in March 2013.

FRANKSTON MP Geoff Shaw has
turned up the heat on the state Coalition government over the “unsafe”
and “inadequate” state of the city’s
netball courts.
The controversial local member told
state parliament Frankston’s netball
facilities were run down and “bursting at the seams”.
He said the Frankston District
Netball Association’s main centre at
Jubilee Park was in such poor condition that Netball Victoria would not
allow events to be held there.
“The 14 outdoor courts are desperately in need of repair and …there
is a similar situation with the indoor
courts,” Mr Shae told parliament.
“In fact, Netball Victoria will no
longer permit events to be held at the
Frankston District Netball Association,
and the local Victorian Netball League
side, Peninsula Waves, is not permitted
to host its home games there.”
Mr Shaw called on Sports Minister
Hugh Delahunty to visit Frankston to
see first-hand the inadequate condition of netball facilities.
“I ask the minister to visit the
Frankston District Netball Association facility and see fit to contribute
to the club to allow the courts to be
compliant and safe for the netballers,
whose ages range from six to 60.”
FDNA business manager Shelley
Haynes said upgrades and repair work
to Jubilee Park were long overdue.
The association has 360 teams and
more than 3200 registered players all
using the one centre. “Unfortunately the
facility at Jubilee Park has become tired
and outgrown its demand,” she said.
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‘Secret’ report shows how SEW land was valued
By Keith Platt
DOCUMENTS released under freedom of information legislation are
beginning to fill in some of the gaps
on how Frankston Council managed to
lure South East Water to the bayside
city.
Greater Dandenong and Kingston
councils were also interested in having SEW relocate its headquarters –
and 700 staff – to their municipalities.
Although Frankston won the bidding
war, claims are now being made that it
sold too cheaply, with ratepayers losing revenue from their land.
Council sold the land to South East
Water for $4 million, will receive no
rates and will pay at least $2 million to
reinstate the boulevard.
The $70 million eight-storey SEW
building taking shape on land that
faces Kananook Creek between Wells
and Playne streets is slated for completion in May 2015.
Some delays have been caused by
asbestos removal.
Once completed, the office block
will dwarf the neighbouring five-storey Landmark building, ending the sea
views from its top offices.
Parts of a valuation report previously kept secret by Frankston shows
how valuers arrived at a price for the
SEW site.
Council had argued against releasing
valuation details because they were
“highly sensitive” and it was an issue
“managed in a confidential manner
from the outset”.
However, the Freedom of Information commissioner ordered the release
of the valuer’s report saying that no
one would be disadvantaged by the

Changing views: Cranes tower above the construction site of the eight-storey South East Water headquarters in Frankston and the
neighbouring five-storey Landmark building. Picture: Gary Sissons

details it contained. The report by
Hawthorn-based valuers Patel Dore
quoted prices paid for nine commercial land sites in Frankston and four in
Dandenong.
The valuers said prices varied greatly
when it came to commercial land in
Frankston “and surrounding suburbs”,
from $784 to $2539 a square metre.
Based on previous sales, zoning and
location, they said the 3537 square metres being offered to South East Water
should be valued at $1100-$1200 a
square metre, resulting in an asking
price of $3.89 million to $4.24m.

None of the sites had sea views.
The valuation attributed to the site
eventually sold to SEW for $4m was
based on the land being subject to
provisions of Frankston planning
scheme’s Comprehensive Development Zone – Schedule 2.
When approving plans for the new
building, Frankston councillors freed
up the site, abandoning height restrictions and other restrictive requirements
of the zone.
The planning overlay covering the
site called for any development to
“provide for the height of the develop-

ment to scale down from the [Young
St] transit interchange to the Kananook
Creek precinct” and “ensure the massing articulation and spacing of buildings optimises solar access to buildings, adjoining open spaces and key
pedestrian routes, and provides for
view sharing”.
Many of the planning requirements
appear aimed at ensuring the use of
the land is suited to being alongside a
creek used for boating and opposite the
foreshore.
Cr Glenn Aitken said council officers gave assurances that abandoning

planning requirements would be “a
one off”.
“Since then we’ve approved an
11-storey tower around the corner in
Nepean Highway and are now looking
at structure plans for the central area,
including the creek precinct.”
Cr Aitken feels certain that Frankston
ratepayers were short-changed by the
$4 million paid by SEW for its new
headquarters.
“There was that much bulldust going
on, we were told to be quick - like in
those sales shops have – or we’d miss
out. It still makes me angry.
“Tell that to the people in the [adjoining five-storey] Landmark building,” Cr Aitken said in reference to
the planning overlay’s requirement of
“view sharing” and optimising “solar
access”.
A letter from freedom of information commissioner Lynne Bertolini
to the Long Island Residents Group
details correspondence received from
Frankston Council justifying its efforts to keep the valuer’s report kept
secret.
From the council responses, it seems
the valuer gave his finding verbally
and that his report was not tabled at a
closed meeting - described by council
as a “briefing session” – where it appeared minutes had not been recorded.
The commissioner noted that commercial in confidence “is not grounds
upon which a meeting may be closed
to members of the public”.
Ms Bertolini said that either council
or Patel Dore would be disadvantaged
by release of the report, other than
withholding the name of the individual valuer.

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is expected to be charged on summons with drink
driving, leaving the scene of an accident and other traffic-related offences.
Leading Senior Constable Woodford said
the young driver and his passenger were “very
lucky” to have avoided serious injury.
“It is sheer luck that they managed to walk
away,” he said. “Had the tree impacted at either
of the front doors, this could very well have been
a fatal collision.”
Two days earlier, another drunk driver who
almost ran into the back of a police car at Carrum Downs also had his licence immediately suspended after recording a blood-alcohol reading
almost four-times the legal limit.
The 48-year-old man was observed driving erratically along Frankston-Dandenong Rd about
8pm on Thursday 13 March.
Frankston highway patrol members said the
Ford Falcon sedan he was driving almost collided
into the rear of their car.
The Wantirna man, who told police he was
travelling from Boronia to Seaford, returned a
blood-alcohol reading of .191.
His licence was immediately suspended for 12
months and he was arrested and held in custody
for being drunk. He is expected to be charged on
summons with a number of traffic offences.
The arrests come as police warn of a major
crackdown on drink driving, speeding and other
road offences during the Easter holiday period
following recent carnage on the state’s roads.
Victoria’s annual road toll now stands at 58 fatalities, 14 more than at the same time last year.
Assistant Commissioner Robert Hill said the
recent trend was extremely concerning and urged
the community to unite to help stop the senseless carnage. “We’ve had an alarming start to the
year,” he said. “Too many drivers are taking their
lives in their hands by ignoring the risks and doing the wrong thing on the roads.”

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By Chris Brennan
THE mother of a teenaged P-plate driver has lost
her car for 30 days after her son was busted by
police “hooning” in Carrum Downs on Monday.
Frankston highway patrol members clocked a
black Holden Commodore travelling at around
160km/h on Eastlink about 1pm.
When pulled over, the 18-year-old from Noble
Park North told police the car belonged to his
mother. The vehicle was impounded for 30 days
under anti-hoon legislation while the driver is expected to be charged on summons with speeding
offences.
Police said “it must have been an awkward conversation” when the teenager was forced call to
his mother to say he’d lost her car, especially as
he had only been licenced to drive for about six
weeks.
The previous week, a drunk 18-year-old driver
who crashed into a tree in Seaford was tracked
down and arrested by the police dog squad after
fleeing and leaving the wrecked car in the middle
of a busy road.
Police said the young driver and his passenger
were lucky to have been able to walk away from
the crash at all after the car they were travelling in
lost control in wet conditions and slammed into
a tree on Railway Pde between Carrum and Seaford about 10pm on 15 March.
Frankston highway patrol officers found the
wrecked Ford Falcon sedan abandoned in the
middle of the road and called in the air wing and
dog squad to search for the pair.
They were located a short time later at the
Frankton railway station and taken into custody.
The P-plate driver, from Karingal, returned a
blood-alcohol reading of .141, almost three times
the limit for a full licence driver. However, Pplaters are required to have zero alcohol in their
system.
His licence was immediately suspended and he

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Holiday excitement: There will be plenty of free activities on offer at Ballam Park on Wednesday, including
arts, crafts, singing and dancing, as Frankston celebrates Children’s Day.

The fine art of having fun
BALLAM Park will spring to life next week as
Frankston celebrates Children’s Day with a host
of fun-filled activities for little people.
The action kicks off at 10am on Wednesday 9
April with an extensive line-up of free entertainment and activities planned.
Dynamite Dance, Circus Show and Hey Dee
Ho Music are just some of the groups set to
perform for Frankston’s youngest residents.
The Ballam Park Homestead will be open
and Frankston Historical Society members will
be dressed in period costume to offer a glipse
of life in times past. Visitors are encouraged

to join in the fun by also dressing up. Children
can then explore Dreaming Space, a large dome
located near the homestead that offers a unique
and magical experience for all ages, including
a creative craft wonderland, circus play and
workshops.
There will be plenty of hands-on activities to
keep children busy, including arts, crafts, singing, dancing and much more. Families are invited bring their own picnics, or there’s a limited
range food and beverages for purchase.
For more information, visit www.visitfrankston.com or call 1300 322 842.

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FRANKSTON’S newest citizens are being
welcomed to the city in special ceremonies that aim to help young families connect with each other and learn out about
local services. Babies born within the
past 12 months are being invited to welcoming ceremonies at neighbourhood
centres across the city where they each
receive a special Frankston “citizenship”
certificate from the mayor. The ceremonies aim to “demonstrate infants are
valued citizens of Frankston City, engage
young families with council services,
provide opportunities for community connectedness, and build civic awareness
and pride”. Upcoming ceremonies are
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April, Langwarrin on 9 May, Frankston
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Register online at frankston.vic.gov.au or
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Police step pressure to cut ice use
By Mike Hast
POLICE in Frankston and Mornington Peninsula regions have stepped up
their fight against methamphetamine
dealers.
Members of the peninsula’s tasking
unit joined forces with detectives and
raided four properties on Monday last
week, arresting five men who were
charged with a number of drug offences including possession and trafficking.
Three were bailed to appear in
Frankston Magistrates’ Court in June,
one was ordered onto a drug diversion
program, and one was issued with a
cannabis caution notice.
Detective Senior Sergeant Michael
Lamb said police seized “a quantity
of methamphetamine”, also called
ice or crystal meth, as well as cannabis, or marijuana, and a .22 pen pistol
and ammunition when they raided two
properties in Mornington and one each
in Moorooduc and Rosebud West.
There was no connection between
the four properties raided, and the men
charged had no links to outlaw bikie
gangs, he said.
Senior Sergeant Lamb said the “day
of action” was the latest attempt to
close down ice dealers in the region
and particularly on the peninsula as
authorities battle a rising tide of ice
use.
“Methamphetamine use has become
a big problem in the region,” he said.
“We are actively targeting ice dealers, have a number of investigations
underway and are conducting regular
raids.”

Ice raid: Police in
the region continue
to raid properties
in the fight against
methamphetamine
production and
dealing. During
the search of
a Langwarrin
property last year,
police discovered
a clandestine
drug laboratory.
The lab had been
set up in the
kitchen but other
items including
dangerous
chemicals were
spread throughout
the house. Picture:
Gary Sissons

Senior Sergeant Lamb said ice users
were “driving volume crimes” such as
burglary, theft and theft from cars.
“This drug is extremely addictive –
it changes users’ personalities, makes
normal people very aggressive, and affects the body terribly.”
He said methamphetamine was causing the worst problems he’d seen in 27
years of policing.
Ice was being used “across all demographics and by different socioeconomic groups”.

“It’s not just being used by so-called
street people; it’s having a horrendous
impact on family violence and on mental health.”
Senior Sergeant Lamb said there
were “ice laboratories” across the
region, many in seemingly normal
homes.
“It’s not like what you see in [the television series] Breaking Bad; the show
gives the wrong impression of what a
lab can look like.”
He said there was large-scale manu-

facturing occurring and cited a raid last
May when police made the largest-ever seizure of chemicals used to make
ice in Victoria.
The trail started in a garden shed
in Frankston where police found 10
drums of potassium borohydride, each
weighing 10 kilograms, as well as a
10kg drum of sodium metal.
Police later searched a shipping container in Dandenong South where they
found a dozen 200kg drums of benzaldehyde and a dozen 60kg bags of phos-

phorous. Combined, the 10 tonnes of
chemicals could have made $500 million worth of ice.
The number of serious drug offences
such as trafficking and manufacturing
surged on the peninsula during financial year 2012-13, the most recent figures from Victoria Police show.
Drug offences jumped 43 per cent
with police blaming the growing use
of methamphetamine.
There was a 42.9 per cent spike in
the number of charges laid for commercial drug activities such as cultivation, manufacture and trafficking.
When the figures were released last
August, Chief Commissioner Ken Lay
said an increase of almost 12 per cent
(per 100,000 people) in drug offences
across Victoria was being driven by increased amphetamine use, and said he
would be “very surprised” if this was
not contributing to the rising tide of
family violence.
“Drug offences have been enormously problematic for us in the past
12 months,” Mr Lay said.
“We know there is a significant increase in the use of ice in the community.”
Senior Sergeant Lamb said police
partly relied on information from the
public to find and arrest ice dealers and
raid labs.
“People can make reports anonymously to Crime Stoppers on 1800
333 000,” he said.
“If you have concerns about the
comings and goings of people late at
night at a property or detect unusual
chemical smells, contact police.”

Highway shop was first stop on search for surf
THE first Peninsula Surf Centre store
opened in 1974 at 468 Nepean Highway, Frankston.
“We figured it was a good position because back then, everyone came down
the highway to get to all the Mornington
Peninsula surf beaches,” director Ted
Bainbridge remembers.
“Cartoonist Paul Harris brushed a
mural of his Hot Curl character on the
window. We painted the outside green,
stocked the shop with surfboards, wax,
a few Quiksilver boardies and a dozen
Rip Curl wetsuits.
“For an outlay of $1500 each we were
in business and opened our doors under
the banner Peninsula Surf Centre –
which seemed to have it covered.”
Surfboards stocked by the fledgling
shop included those bearing the brands
Farrelly, G&S, Morning Star, Trigger,
Hot Roc, Shane, Brothers Neilsen,
Cooper, Crozier and Klemm Bell.
“We used the backroom to co-ordinate Breakway - Victoria’s first surf
magazine - with Keith Platt and Tony
Murrell,” Bainbridge says.
“Harry Hodge, who became a Quiksilver executive, worked on producing the
Peninsula Surf Centre film Liquid Gold
and I’d sometimes do the radio 3XY
surf reports from there.
“It was not on the radar to open more
stores back then.”
Bainbridge, who was also instrumental in starting the Peninsula Surfriders’
Club in the same year as opening the
surf shop, said it had been “incredible
to see the growth of the sport and, of
course the industry”.
“In our own small way we assisted
the popularity of surfing and we’re all

proud of that.”
In those early days Rip Curl made
wetsuits, with Quiksilver making Ugg
boots in winter and board shorts in
summer.
“Apart from the resin and fiberglass
we sold along with Honey surf wax and
the Balin safety strap, that was it for
brands and labels,” Bainbridge says.
“I met Gordon and Rena Merchant
on a Queensland trip with Mick Pierce
and Ian Portingale. They were making clothes, under Ken Brown’s place
in Burleigh, which morphed into the
Billabong label. They came down here
selling their shorts in about 1976, and
we had to tell them we were covered –
we had Quiksilver and didn’t think we
needed a second brand.”
As well as marking Peninsula Surf
Centre’s 40th anniversary, this month
will also see it move into the lower level
of Bayside shopping centre (next to the
Myer basement), Frankston.
“Despite the industry having changed
in several ways over the years our new
Frankston store will still stock the most
popular core surf brands, but will also
encompass a range of more fashionoriented clothing and street brands,”
Bainbridge says.
“Our new store will also see a modern
shop fit linked with elements and
memorabilia from our long heritage in
the industry.”
In style: Haircuts and board shapes have
changed, but the lure of the surf remains.
Harry Hodge, left, and Ted Bainbridge, in
1975 collecting boards in Torquay for sale
at Peninsula Surf Centre, Frankston.

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“Greenway was “just around the corner” and, despite the many attractions of other villages
I’d examined, it always had greater appeal. The extended process of negotiating the transition
to Greenways was not without its problems, and it served to confirm what I sensed: that here
was a community of supportive, interdependent people,where respect, acceptance, support,
stimulation and encouragement were the norm, and extended to and by everyone.
Here I can truly be at home and can grow through this next very interesting stage of life.
Thank you to all my new neighbours, and wonderful staff!” - Rosemary Wright

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Aussies pipped at post
FRANKSTON was in lockdown over the weekend as thousands of spectators and competitors
took over the city for the 2014 Ironman Melbourne Asia-Pacific Championship.
The world’s best endurance athletes were
joined by almost two thousand local entrants
as they swam, rode and ran from Frankston
foreshore, through the heart of the city and along
Melbourne’s bayside suburbs.
The international ironman event, which
featured triathletes from more than 40 countries,
started early in the morning with a 3.8 kilometre swim along the foreshore, a 180 kilometre
two-lap ride along Eastlink, and 42.2 kilometre
run from Frankston to St Kilda along the Nepean
Hwy, Beach St and the Esplanade.
Luxembourg’s Dirk Bockel won the event in a
time of 08:01:02, destroying hopes for a one-two
Aussie finish, with Paul Matthews and David
Dellow forced to contend with second and third.
Dellow, pictured top right, led the field for

most of the final leg but was run down by around
the 35th kilometre-mark by the fast-finishing
Bockel, who is a former Olympian.
But Dellow was all smiles about an hour later
when his girlfriend Caroline Steffen, right, claimed
the women’s title in a time of 08:57:57, ahead of
USA pair Mary Beth Ellis and Kim Schwabenbauer. Steffen, pictured right, is a Swiss national but
permanent Australian resident known as Xena
the Warrior Princess due her strength and power.
She went into the race as favourite after winning the inaugural Melbourne event in 2012 and
coming third last year.
She said her partner, with whom she lives
on the Sunshine Coast, would be proud of his
podium finish and the lucrative pay check that
goes with it, after a disappointing 2013 and not
having any sponsors or a coach.
“It is great for both of us to have a good race.”
Pictures: Gary Sissons

Call to bring government workers to city centre
By Mike Hast
FRANKSTON’S retail centre is desperately in
need of a boost and the state government holds
the key, says lobby group Frankston Community
Coalition.
The group – formed in January to pressure politicians for a better deal in this election year – says
more than one in eight shops are vacant and parts
of the centre look like a ghost town.
Latest figures reveal the shop vacancy rate in the
city centre is 13.3 per cent and climbing
Community coalition member and Greater
Frankston Business Chamber president Peter Patterson said the state government could help solve
the problem by moving government employees
into the centre and helping Peninsula Health move
some Frankston Hospital staff into city centre
offices.
“Frankston top two employees are Peninsula
Health, a health service provider, and Monash
University, which specialises in tertiary healthcare
education,” he said.
“Consistent with the municipality’s emerging
specialisation in health and wellbeing, the most
desirable result for Frankston would be the relocation to our city of Sport and Recreation Victoria, a
unit of the Department of Transport, Planning and
Local Infrastructure.”
Mr Patterson said a precedent for such a move
was the state government shifting the Transport
Accident Commission from Melbourne to Geelong
in 2009, which the government said would generate about $59 million a year in economic benefit
for Geelong.
“If we don’t attract major employers to our city
centre soon, we’re in big trouble,” he said.
“The city centre has been in desperate need of
activation for at least a decade. Landlords are
uncertain about the future occupancy of their
properties and are not prepared to spend money
to upgrade facades so many main street buildings
now appear dilapidated and unwelcoming.

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“Possible new tenants are discouraged from renting, and the diversity of traders reduces. Slowly
but surely the foot traffic in our main shopping
streets gets smaller as the vacancy rate increases.”
He said the retail precinct bounded by Young,
Playne and Beach streets and Nepean Highway
“should contain thriving and diverse retail outlets
attracting significant foot traffic”.
“But Young St near the train station is mostly
given over to bus traffic and Playne St mostly
contains empty shops with the majority of floor
space unoccupied.”
He said Thompson St, which runs off Playne St,
“enjoyed nearly full capacity five years ago. With
no shoppers drawn to Playne St, it too now has a
significant number of vacant stores”.
South East Water moving 700 employees to its
new headquarters now under construction, Sport
and Recreation Victoria shifting to Frankston, and
Peninsula Health staff who don’t need to work
at the hospital moving into the city centre would
revitalise the city, Mr Patterson said.
“Peninsula Health – one of the three largest employers in the municipality – is undertaking a huge
and costly expansion of the hospital.
“The organisation will eventually run out of
room. If 500 staff whose work did not tie them to
the hospital complex worked instead in city centre
offices, it would help relieve the need for growth
on the hospital site at the same time as providing a
significant benefit to the city centre.”
He said in the run-up to November’s state election, Frankston Community Coalition would be
asking all major parties to commit to relocating
Sport and Recreation Victoria to Frankston, and
providing funds for Peninsula Health to create city
centre offices for its hospital staff.
Moribund streets: Frankston Community Coalition
wants state government workers moved to the city’s
centre to revive it. Coalition member and Greater
Frankston Business Chamber president Peter Patterson in Young St last week. Picture: Gary Sissons

Moribund streets: Frankston Community Coalition wants state government workers moved to the city’s
centre to revive it. Coalition member and Greater Frankston Business Chamber president Peter Patterson
in Young St last week. Picture: Gary Sissons

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the
Bauer
Brief
March 2014
IT was a privilege to attend the unveiling of a
commemorative plaque by Minister for Water, Peter
Walsh, in honour of Donald Cameron, who is credited
with being the driving force behind the development
of Patterson Lakes in 1973 as a waterside residential
estate to be built around man-made lagoons and a
riverâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; the ďŹ rst of its kind in Victoria. It was thanks to
a core group of residents that Mr Cameron was given
this long-overdue recognition and it is well deserved.
MINISTER Walsh was also in the electorate to highlight
the results of a pilot program being conducted by
South East Water aimed at saving consumers water,
and money. In December last year, digital water
meters were installed at 200 Seaford households. The
aim of the trial was to identify water leakages and up
until March 5, 13 leaks had been identiďŹ ed, including a
signiďŹ cant leak of 7000 litres per day at one property.
Left undetected, this would have cost the consumer
about $7200 over the year. More meters have since
been installed, bringing the total to about 800.
I was invited to Patterson River Secondary College
to meet a special group of visitors from New Guinea.
Porters from the Kokoda Trail treated Year 9 students
and other guests to a brief concert which showcased
their beautiful singing in perfect harmony. Talking to
the group brought back some lovely memories of my
10 day trek along the Kokoda Trail last year.
KINGSTON City this month became the ďŹ rst Victorian
council to be invited to apply for grants under the State
Governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s $4 million Shade Grants Program. The
four-year program, which was launched at the Carrum
Life Saving Club, will enable communities to increase
shade options in areas such as childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s playgrounds,
parks and public spaces and sports clubs with an aim
to provide protection against skin cancer.
THIS month, like thousands of other Victorians, I was
diagnosed with bowel cancer. I have since undergone
successful surgery to remove the tumour, and will
undertake a six-month course of chemotherapy. I
remain positive and am getting stronger every day.
My doctors and I are conďŹ dent that I will soon be able
to return to my duties as MP for Carrum, and in the
meantime, want to assure constituents that my staff is
available to assist with any State Government inquiry
on 9772 4544, or email them on donna.bauer@
parliament.vic.gov.au

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Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to change
Constitution: judge
AUSTRALIA cannot advance until it acknowledges the role of its original inhabitants in the
Constitution, says Justice Kevin Bell of the Victorian Supreme Court.
A peninsula resident, Justice Bell will explore
reconciliation, human rights and constitutional
recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with a panel of experts at the inaugural Baany to Warrna Ngargee â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Water to Water
Festival at The Briars Park in Mt Martha from
1.30-9.30pm on Saturday 29 March.
Chaired by David Habersberger, a former judge
of the Supreme Court, Justice Bell will be joined
by other legal experts, Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Mick
Gooda and community members.
Justice Bell was appointed to the Supreme
Court in 2005 and is a former president of the
Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. He
has written leading judgments under the Charter
of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006
(Vic). He was a barrister at the Victorian Bar for
20 years (QC from 1997) practising extensively
in native title, administrative and constitutional
law.
Justice Bell said the panel would explore the
importance of constitutional reform, what it
would mean to the Australian identity, and why
racism in the Constitution â&#x20AC;&#x153;is a major moral problemâ&#x20AC;?.
Archie Roach will perform at the Mornington
Peninsulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander music and cultural festival, which is being
held to promote cross-cultural awareness through
indigenous music, art, dance and culture.
Baany to Warrna gets its name from the
Boon Wurrung word meaning â&#x20AC;&#x153;waterâ&#x20AC;? and an
indigenous language group from the South
Australian west coast, where artistic director, Ben

McKeown, comes from.
The peninsulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s indigenous population is estimated at about 1000.
The festival will include traditional and contemporary musicians and dancers, bush tucker,
boomerang painting, arts and crafts, and indigenous storytelling.
Roach is the headline act along with performances by Nola Lauch, Mau Power from Torres
Strait, Yirrmal and the Yolngu Boys.
Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s activities include didgeridoo classes, face painting and making books.
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and unpredictable behaviour.
ď Ž Intimidation, bullying, harassing or targeting
of neighbours who protest against such behaviour and even those who silently try to endure it.
ď Ž Deplorable maintenance of properties, thus
further impacting upon the general amenity of
the area.
Cr Aitken said DHS faced huge damage bills
after evicting tenants from properties â&#x20AC;&#x153;that have
been scandalously abused by the tenantsâ&#x20AC;?.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;They ultimately move on to ruin yet another
property they are placed in. These points in turn
cause massive community upheaval.â&#x20AC;?
Cr Aitken said he had seen residents â&#x20AC;&#x153;breaking
down in tearsâ&#x20AC;? through fear of reprisal.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;[They are] afraid to leave their home or go
on a holiday or leave pets in the yard because
of bated or implied payback [from residents of
DHS properties],â&#x20AC;? he said.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is not uncommon for people to sell their
home to escape from a highly abusive or dangerous scenario which they have in no way contributed to but are finally forced out for the safety of
their family and children.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;One recent incident involved an older man and
his wife whose home has been put under siege
with a death threat painted on a nearby fence, beer
bottles hurled repeatedly at their home smashing
in explosive shards of glass, along with other objects or missiles being hurled repeatedly.â&#x20AC;?
Constant heckling and invasion of their property had reduced the coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life to a wreck.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;She is now very uncomfortable in her own
home; he was advised to take anti-depressants,
which then impacts upon his employment,â&#x20AC;? Cr
Aitken said.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have seen lives ruined through this sort of
behaviour. People livesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; broken. All hope gone.â&#x20AC;?
Cr Aitken said the DHS was failing in its duty
of care to the community by not controlling the
actions of its tenants, detrimentally â&#x20AC;&#x153;leaving
nearby residents in absolute grief sometimes
over not months, but yearsâ&#x20AC;?.

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A marvellous opportunity for an astute investor or home owner. This home offers 4 bedrooms with ensuite to the
master, generous sized kitchen, dining & lounge all with polished ﬂoorboards, gas ducted heating, split system
air con & lock up garage. A 628sqm approx site and currently rented at $1673pcm. Plenty of scope to renovate to
reﬂect your personality all within the prized Frankston High School Zone and a quiet cul de sac.
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ABUNDANT CHARACTER & TOP POSITION
An awesome Frankston South character ﬁlled weatherboard home on 754sqm allotment with so much potential,
in leafy blue ribbon location, boasting Frankston High School zoning, and walking distance to chic Norman
Avenue shopping and restaurants, hop skip jump to nature abundant walking trails and so close to the CBD.
A truly delightful home offering formal lounge, large sunny kitchen/dining, three bedrooms, central bathroom,
ducted heating, polished ﬂoorboards and terracotta roof. Every room has a pretty outlook and should be seen to
be appreciated.

Sitting in a most sought after position, this appealing property comprises formal lounge, separate dining, lovely
kitchen with DW, meals area/family room, 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, large laundry/utilities room, ducted
heating, air conditioning, polished ﬂoorboards, great undercover alfresco area perfect for that outdoor
entertaining and lock up garage, all positioned on 797sqm allotment in Frankston High School zone with easy
access to all the gorgeous blessings the area has to offer such as nature walks at Sweetwater Creek Reserve,
excellent schools and shops

We are thrilled to present this most beautiful & solid family home blessed with serene nature outlook from
every window. A delightful garden escorts you to the front door of the house, elevated to make the most of the
gorgeous surroundings. The home, sitting on 1093sqms, offers space & ﬂair with vast formal living complete with
ﬂoor to ceiling windows overlooking nature reserve tree tops, open ﬁre place & split system cooling. 3 bedrooms,
master with semi ensuite & a further 2 bathrooms make the home ideal for a family. There is also a family room &
meals area, while the kitchen, designed by Jos Van Bree Domus Interiors is indicative of the thought & quality that
have gone into this home. Outdoors there are multi level manicured gardens, extensive paving & decking along
with sparkling in-ground pool, garden shed, awesome workshop & double car accommodation large enough for
car & caravan. Step over the threshold & be drawn in to this beautifully designed & maintained family home,
perfect for the buyer searching for that special something.

Hidden in a cul-de-sac at the rear of a small quiet block of eight, this modern, well-kept unit hides a further
surprise behind one of its doors. The front door opens to a comfortable lounge with gas heating and reverse
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next door opens to the separate bathroom, then toilet, linen cupboard and laundry with access to rear yard. To
the right of the lounge is a modern kitchen with ample cupboards lining the walls and modern splash backs
above the benches. There is a breakfast bar and a dining area. By now, you may have glanced through the
kitchen window and seen the water feature and large timber deck. As you open the last door, the sliding door
to the deck, you are possibly thinking how nice it will be for entertaining when you notice the pool fence, and
beyond, the landscaped garden and the in-built 8-person spa. A small stroll behind the spa takes you to the
storage shed named â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The beach houseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. It is your own private paradise. This large and comfortable rear yard
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also has a single remote control lock up garage and is located within walking distance to schools, playgrounds,
parks and shops. Also close to freeways and transport. Prior offers will be considered

THIS well-known business is home-based
and will need to be relocated after the sale.
For enthusiastic new owners this is a great
opportunity with huge potential as well as
vendors offering full training if required.
Clients include pet groomers and vets,
and work also comes from interstate. The
business has a fully fitted-out Ford van that
can be used for mobile repairs.

THIS licensed general store has been
established for about 50 years and is the
only one in town, just 10 minutes from
Cranbourne or Pakenham. Well-suited to a
husband and wife team or a partnership, the
store is opposite the school, with lunches
a good portion of daily trade. The weekly
rental is only $300 and the business shows
good profits. A great opportunity so donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t
delay.

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85 members includes 25-30 personal
Manchester, homewares & gifts
Est 10 years, has seating for 30
training, database of 1100 clients.
sold to retailers by agents in each
inside & 35 outside. Exterior of large
Two consulting rooms both sub-let.
state, as well as to lavender farms in
shopping centre, well presented.
Australia & NZ. Large range of quality Established 5 years, has detox sauna,
Keen vendor ready to move on,
stock. Work from home with hours to
reception area, beauty, massages.
NE
suit yourself.
wants quick sale.
7 days various hours.

$49,000

$70,00 walk-in-walk-out

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BYO licence, fully set up
commercial kitchen, air-conditioned,
seats 60. Corner location with
excellent exposure. Vendors wish to
retire, enthusiastic new owners will
do wonders with this one.

HASTINGS

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Well-presented shop opposite

Located in food court of Power
Centre, excellent position. Takeaway or eat-in, easy to operate.
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$75,000 + sav

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One of 8 franchise shops, shopping
Est 25 years, beautiful, peaceful
centre location. All natural yoghurt,
outlook over the sea. Seats 45 in &
gourmet salads, smoothies, juice,
40 outside, option to open at nights.
Currently 6 days winter, 7 in summer. gelato, wraps etc. Illness forces urgent
sale and all offers will be considered.
Good equipment.

Unique business in the heart of
town. Upmarket recycling, unique
stock inc handmade and exclusive
sourced from local artists and afar.
Sub-lets cafĂŠ for half rent and
outgoings.

$109,500 + sav

$140,000 + sav

$150,000

$150,000 + sav

LADIES WEAR

CABINET MAKING

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PACKAGING & FREIGHT

SORRENTO
Well stocked shop in great location,
high stock turnover, long lease in
place. Vendor must sell and offers full
assistance with changeover. Quality
labels catering for over 35s. Staff
room & 3 rear car parks.

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Huge potential for owner operator in
this 5 day business. Covers all Victoria
for cigarette units/machines.
Established 1985.
Freehold also available
@ $420,000 + GST..

SEAFORD
Well designed premises with ample equipment. Trades 5 days
7am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 4.30pm, around 10 cars per day, work comes from car
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Large coolstore on busy main road,
established 30+ years. Good profits & large turnover, well worth an
inspection. Van and ute included.
Market 2-3 times a week.

Est 8 yrs, sales award winner in
leading franchising network. Solid
business, no competition in area, well
presented premises with good lease.
Deals with residential and business
customers.

$190,000 + sav

$225,000 + sav

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One man operation with
sub-contracted installers or do the
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Excellent location with allocated
parking. Established 15 years.

MORNINGTON PENINSULA
Biggest in the area, trading name in
excess of 30 years service. Selling
plant, equipment and name. Buyer
will assume goodwill of customers.
T/O has been in excess of $4M.
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gardening equipment. Dealers to
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products. State of the art purpose
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showroom. 320sqm. Major road
all major suppliers & preferred repackage is full design service,
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built factory/retail outlet in ideal
location. Business also available @
tailers, warranty agents. Extensive
removal of old cabinets, supply of
NE
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$176,000 + sav.
website. Vendor ready to retire, will new cabinets/bench tops, installation.
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Hands reach out
to make shore
break is safe
By Keith Platt
BEING held underwater in the
washing machine-like throws of a
shore break is not easy at the best of
times.
It’s daunting and can be terrifying.
But to be dumped when you can’t use
your legs, which are wrapped in a sort
of rubberised cocoon, must surely be
the stuff of nightmares.
However, Krista Bailey felt “so
safe” when it happened to her at Point
Leo. “I could feel arms grabbing me –
I knew I wasn’t alone,” she said.
Ms Bailey was one of 118 people
with physical and mental disabilities
at the beach for a “surfing experience”
courtesy of the Mornington Peninsula
branch of the Disabled Surfers
Association.
On Saturday 15 March the wind
was offshore and the waves not huge,
although size doesn’t matter when
they rear up and crash onto the sand.
Nearly 260 volunteers were on hand
to help people with disabilities enjoy
a day at the beach.
Ms Bailey’s wipeout came when
she fell off while lying on a surfboard
being pushed by a wave to the beach
through a channel formed between
two lines of people.
The 20 or so people forming the
human safety net were standing about

a metre apart, ready to reach down
and pick her up if she fell off the
board.
Without this “zone of security”
there was no way many of the
disabled surfers would be able to even
contemplate entering the water, let
along catch a wave.
“I got dumped and it was so good,”
Ms Bailey, now sitting high and dry
in a wheelchair, tells a passing DSA
volunteer who said he’d heard about
her underwater experience.
“You feel so safe. I’ve never been
dumped before, but I could feel their
arms grabbing me when I was under
water and I knew I wasn’t on my own.
“I can sort of paddle in a pool, but
there’s no way I could survive out
here, no way.”
With a disarming candour, Ms
Bailey told The News: “I will not have
a normal lifespan, my heart and lungs
are muscles. I doubt I’ll get to 80, it
will kill me.”
The “it” she is speaking about is
Friedreich’s ataxia, a degenerative
muscular disease described by the
state government-funded Better
Health Channel as a “relatively rare
inherited disease of the nervous
system characterised by the gradual
loss of coordination”.
“The affected person is unable to

Dumped but not down:
Disabled surfer Krista
Bailey makes the most
of life while facing an
uncertain future.

control their muscles, which leads to
tremors, an unsteady gait and slurred
speech. To the casual observer, a
person with Friedreich’s ataxia may
seem to be drunk.”
Ms Bailey’s diagnosis fits in with
the normal onset of symptoms,
“kicking in” when she was 13.
Now 44, she remembers being
considered “the klutz of the family”,
the one who bumped into things
because she was in a hurry.
“Mum used to say I was like a bull
in a china shop.”
After her diagnosis, Ms Bailey
underwent surgery for curvature of
the spine, but nothing could stop the
steady onset of the disease.
“Until then I was active like any
other kid, riding bikes and everything

else. I didn’t know anything was
wrong. But once I had the diagnosis
I knew my nerves weren’t working
properly.”
Her sister, older by six years, was
found to be clear of Friedreich’s
ataxia but her younger brother “got
his [positive] diagnosis in his 20s after
it kicked in when he was about 18”.
Ms Bailey says her three children –
daughters 18 and 24 and a 16-year-old
son - “are carriers, but won’t suffer it
and at least they now know that it’s in
the family”.
There are no records of any family
members other than Ms Bailey and
her brother having Friedreich’s ataxia.
These days Ms Bailey keeps herself
as active as possible. It was her third
time surfing at Point Leo and she has

been participating in the Sailability
program at Mornington Yacht Club
for the past nine years. She also goes
to a gym and has hydrotherapy once
a week.
The advance of Friedreich’s ataxia
is something she “only notices every
now again when I realise I can’t do
something that was possible a year
before”.
The relative rareness of the
condition means that there are just 69
Australian contributors to a Facebook
page established to help the “fight
against” the disease.
“I get shitty at it but consider myself
very lucky – I’ve seen others who are
worse than me, but haven’t had [the
onset of] the disease for as long,” Ms
Bailey said.

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NEWS DESK

Old world
meets new

THOUSANDS of people from around
the region and further afield headed up
to Red Hill last Saturday week for the
show, the famous Red Hill Agriculture
and Horticultural Societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 86th annual
event. Red Hill is last show standing on
the peninsula and drew competitors of
all ages and with all kinds of animals
and produce as well as modern attractions such as riders doing tricks on
motorbikes, stiltwalkers and food sellers
with exotic offerings that would have
bamboozled your great-grandfather.
Pioneers of the district would have
recognised two regular crowd favourites
â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the woodchopping and working dog
demonstrations in the main arena.
Some things should never change.
The show is not technically over just
yet â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the Clydesdales and Heavy Harness
Show is on Saturday 5 April at Boneo
Park Equestrian Centre with show jumping on Saturday 5 April and Sunday 6
April at the equestrian centre on Boneo
Rd. For details, call 5989 2357 or visit
www.redhillshow.com.au
Pet showoffs: Anna Townsend of
Shoreham and rat George (left) and
Alexis of McCrae with her alpaca Tequila
were among hundreds of young people
competing at the show on Saturday. Jack
Briscoe of Futura Kelpies, bottom left,
showed his shearing skills to an attentive
audience, bottom right. Pictures: Yanni

Melbourne port sale linked to Hastings
By Mike Hast
THE state government will offer the
proposed container port at Hastings as
part of a deal to privatise the Port of
Melbourne.
The government announced two
weeks ago it would seek to lease Melbourne for 30 or 40 years to a private
consortium and tie in the sale with the
Port of Hastings.
But the move would not affect current planning work, says Port of Hastings Development Authority CEO
Mike Lean.
Mr Lean told The Times “nothing changes and we are continuing to
prepare reports for environmental approvals and the business case”.
The authority moves to a crucial
stage this month when it signs contracts with consultants that would take
it through to the end of the four-year
planning process, Mr Lean said.
The authority was given $110 million by the government last year for
planning.
Premier Denis Napthine said the
government would undertake a “scoping study to look at how we can involve the private sector in both the
operation of the Port of Melbourne
… and also integrated into that is the
opportunity for those people to be involved in the development of the Port
of Hastings”.
Dr Napthine’s announcement echoes
one made by the Labor Opposition last
year when it said it would lease the
Port of Melbourne for 99 years for $6
billion and spend the proceeds on removing 50 of the most dangerous and

congested level crossings.
The Premier said his government
would carry out a scoping study before the 2014-15 state Budget to look
at future ownership options of the two
ports, including the economic and
commercial value of each option.
Ports Minister David Hodgett reportedly said any decision the government made on the future of the “ports
network” would be “carefully considered, factually based, and be in the best
interests of supporting the state’s continued growth”.
State treasurer Michael O’Brien said
the government could reap an even
greater windfall by tying sale plans to
the proposed Port of Hastings expansion.
He said money from the sale would
go into “transport infrastructure”.
State government policy is for the
Port of Melbourne to become a commercial and residential development
site after the 30- or 40-year lease expires. Hastings would then become the
state’s main port.
Labor favours creating a port at Little River near Geelong, the so-called
Bay West option, but a transport insider told The Times this was not viable
as it would require a massive amount
of dredging.
The government says Hastings is the
best option as it is a natural deep-water
port that would need less dredging
than other locations.
The deep water claim has been rejected by environmentalists, who say
there are only two deep parts of Western Port – the channel between Bass

Starting point: The state government-owned wharfs at BlueScope Steel will be the southerly point of the $9 billion plus container
port that will become Victoria’s main one when the Port of Melbourne is decommissioned and turned over for development.

Strait and Long Island Point, and a
section between Phillip and French
islands.
The state government has not put a
value on the so-called “ports network” –
Melbourne and Hastings – but last May
a consortium paid $4.31 billion for a 99year lease of Port Botany in Sydney’s
east and $760 million for smaller Port
Kembla near Wollongong.
Late last year a Canadian pension fund
bought a 27 per cent stake in the Port of
Brisbane for about $1.4 billion, valuing
the state’s biggest port at $6.2 billion.
Melbourne is the last major publicly

owned port on Australia’s eastern seaboard.
In other Port of Hastings developments, Mornington Peninsula Shire
Council late last month told Planning
Minister Matthew Guy that his proposed statewide port zone should be
phased in at Hastings as it was a special case “given its distinguishing features from the [three] other ports [in
Victoria]”.
The council stated the port zone
could become “a tool for positive …
planning for the expansion of the container port without prejudicing [its]

proper long-term functioning and its
surrounding area or blighting the land
so that it becomes unattractive for interim rural uses”.
“It would only be appropriate to apply the new zone to established public
port assets and land under the direct
control” of the Port of Hastings Development Authority.
The council, led by David Garnock
and Lynn Bowden, called on Mr Guy
to adopt a “more transparent and inclusive approach” to allow the shire
and stakeholders to be consulted.

Drive to put young passengers in control
By Chris Brennan
MT Eliza Secondary College students
have given the thumbs up to a new
road safety initiative that aims to save
young lives by encouraging teenage
passengers to provide a positive influence on drivers.
The Mornington Peninsula secondary school was the first in the state to
participate in the new Fit2Drive workshop, now set to be rolled out across
Victoria.
The workshop targets the state’s
60,000 year 11 students and aims to
change attitudes to road safety by encouraging friends and passengers to
intervene to persuade young drivers
against dangerous behaviour such as
speeding, using mobile devices while
behind the wheel and drink-driving.
The workshop includes group discussions, using scenarios to explore

strategies to keep young people and
their friends safe, role-playing to support the development of problem-solving skills, and development of personal
and school road safety plans.
Fit2Drive patron and Victoria Police
road policing commander Assistant
Commissioner Robert Hill visited the
college on Thursday to launch the program.
He said the workshop would help
young people better understand the
risks involved in driving and would
empower them to challenge dangerous
behaviours among their peers.
“Young people continue to be overrepresented in road trauma,” Mr Hill
said.
So far this year, 58 people have been
killed on Victorian roads, 14 more than
the same time last year, a trend Mr Hill
labelled “extremely concerning”.
“To have lost so many people al-

ready this year is devastating,” he said.
“As a community we cannot accept
this. We have to take a stand and help
each other. If you know someone who
shouldn’t be driving, you have a responsibility to say something.”
Roads Minister Terry Mulder, who
attended the launch, said it was vital
young people who would soon start
driving and whose friends may already
be driving were given the skills to avoid
negative peer pressure and handle potentially dangerous situations.
“The dangers of irresponsible behaviour on the roads can be dire,” Mr
Mulder said.
“Teenagers need skills and practical strategies to get themselves out of
potentially dangerous situations. This
behaviour change workshop is an important part of assisting young passengers and drivers to stay safe on our
roads. That’s why it is important we

get it into as many secondary schools
as possible.”
Peninsula MP and Education Minister Martin Dixon said the revamped
F2D workshops involved input from
the police and Metropolitan Fire Brigade, whose members were often first
responders to accidents.
He said the workshop was targeted
at teenagers as they neared driving age
in order to change attitudes before they
get behind the wheel and to reinforce
the positive influence they could have
as passengers on drivers.
“Peer group pressure can influence
the way young people behave in a vehicle, so I’m pleased the workshops are
providing a stronger focus on passenger
safety,” Mr Dixon said.
F2D Foundation secretary Graham
Spencer said the workshop was delivered by trained university students and
included group discussions that used

various scenarios to explore strategies to
keep young people and their peers safe.
He said surveys completed by nearly
1000 students taking part in a trial of
the program indicated the workshop
was being well received, with about 70
per cent of participants indicating they
would use the strategies to avoid risky
situations in the car as a passenger or
driver all or most of the time.
Students doing the workshop said it
made them realise that “it doesn’t have
to be you driving to help make driving
decisions”, Mr Spencer said.
He said the program also gave an insight into the impact an accident could
have on not only victims and their
friends and families, but also on police,
fire brigade and ambulance paramedics
called to attend often horrific scenes of
death and carnage.
More information can be found at
www.F2D.com.au

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WHAT’S NEW

Getting kids
back to nature
A FESTIVAL for children aims to tackle
“nature deficit disorder”, which some experts
argue links children’s declining engagement
with the outdoors to myriad issues from
depression to obesity.
The inaugural Kids’ Adventure Festival
will provide children and parents with
the opportunity to experience adventure
activities specifically designed for the
younger generation, with walks, runs, climbs,
rides and plenty more “wild” play planned

for the weekend event. Taking place at Mt
Baw Baw Alpine Resort on 5-6 April, the
festival will feature all manner of activities
aimed at re-engaging children with nature
while introducing them to the huge variety
of adventure pursuits that make the most of
nature’s playground.
Updates and news will be available on
www.kidsadventurefest.com.au and on the
“Mt Baw Baw Kids Adventure Festival”
Facebook page.

Wood you believe guild turned 30
THE Peninsula Woodturners Guild celebrated
its 30th anniversary earlier this month. The guild
has grown from humble beginnings to now boast
more than 200 members.
The guild hosted an open weekend on 1-2
March at its Langwarrin base at the McClelland
Sculpture Park. Frankston mayor Darrel Taylor
was a guest and presented founding member
Bob Morrison with a badge specially made to
commemorate his 30 years of guild membership.
The late Murray White was recognised as the
founder of the Peninsula Woodturners Guild
since it was his enthusiasm and organisational
skills that led to the formation of the guild.
Guild president Geoffrey Dickin said the
founding members had done a great job to get
the guild up and running.
“As we all know everything has to be built on
a strong sustainable foundation and it appears
that way back 30 years ago, the foundation
was put down by very wise people, the method
that we achieve things and the way the Guild is
conducted today has changed very little,” Mr
Dickin said.

About 20 members attended the guild’s first
meeting in March 1984. Annual subscriptions
were $15 at the time.
The Peninsula Woodturners Guild has moved
location several times over the decades, including stints at Frankston TAFE College and the
Ballam Park Homestead before settling in at the
McClelland Gallery in 1991.
Murray White, Frank Rutter and Bill Barber
were made life members that same year for their
tireless contributions to the guild and their efforts to grow its membership.
Dame Elisabeth Murdoch was one of the
guild’s staunchest supporters over the years and
helped facilitate some of its location moves.
Today, the Peninsula Woodturners Guild has
moved with the times and uses computer technology to get the best results from woodturning
in a computer group class.
The Peninsula Woodturners Guild is open
five days a week and a half-day on Saturdays,
providing facilities and classes to 13 groups.
Team leaders are always on hand to help with
any problems.

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Frankston Times 31 March 2014

100 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK...

Woman found dead after head pains; robberies continue in Frankston
Compiled by Matt Vowell
From the pages of the Mornington
Standard, 4 April 1914
A PAINFULLY sudden death occurred at Frankston on Wednesday
evening, when Mrs Maudsley, a
married women residing with her
husband, Mr Henry Maudsley, was
found dead. Early in the evening the
unfortunate woman complained of
violent pains in her head, and she was
taken to her room. The husband did
everything that was possible, but on
his return to the room after a temporary absence, he found his wife dead.
The body was removed to Frankston,
where Dr Maxwell held an examination, the result of which showed that
death was due to natural causes.
***
FURTHER robberies have been reported to the Frankston police during
the last few days. During the early
part of the week, thieves annexed a
full set of harness and part of another
set from Dr. Maxwell’s stable, and
about the same time a set of harness belonging to Mr A. D. Box was
purloined from his stable. The list of
robberies is now a lengthy one, and
householders would do well to see
that their houses and outbuildings are
well looked after.
***
ADVERTISERS are notified that owing to our usual publishing day falling
out on Good Friday next week, we
will publish a day earlier, (Thursday
evening) and advertisements must
reach this office not later than noon
on that day to insure insertion.
***
THE V.R.C. have granted to the
Mornington Racing Club, Tuesday

12th May, 1914, for their second
meeting to be run on the “Drywood”
estate racecourse.
***
A PRACTICE match between
members of the Frankston football
club will take place at the park this
afternoon.
***
THE Frankston choral and orchestral
society will resume practice on Monday evening next, in the Mechanics’
Institute.
***
THE Flinders show eventuated under
most favorable weather conditions
on Thursday of last week. There was
a splendid attendance of the public,
and the exhibits, especially in the
livestock sections, were of a very
high standard.
***
MESSRS Brody and Mason will hold
their usual monthly market at Somerville on Wednesday next, when they
will offer cattle, horses, pigs, poultry,
80 ewes, 1 light lorry, spring tooth
harrows, Rustic cart and harness, etc.
***
THE members of the Choral Society
will be delighted to resume duties after the summer vacation, and a number of new musical members have
signified their intention of joining.
***
GRUNDBERG’S band will supply
the music at the ball to be held in
the Mornington Mechanics’ Institute
on Easter Monday night, 13th inst.
This ball which takes place after the
dramatic and vocal entertainment,
is looked forward to as the most
enjoyable function of the year. The
proceeds are in aid of the Catholic

church debt, and Messrs J. Murphey
and R. Stanley have been appointed
joint hon. secs.
***

The members of
the Choral Society
will be delighted
to resume duties
after the summer
vacation, and a
number of new
musical members
have signified
their intention of
joining

THE programme of the Dromana
sports club annual meeting on Eight
Hours Day, April 27th, appears
in another column. An attractive
programme has been drawn up, and a
successful day’s sport is anticipated.
Mr J. C. Griffiths Junr. is the general
hon. secretary. Tenders for the right
of Publican’s booth and refreshment
stall close with the secretary on 15th
April.
***

READERS are requested to refer to
our advertising columns, wherein it
will be noted that the Frankston Motor Garage Pty. Ltd. is now open for
business, and solicits local patronage.
Two Ford cars well fitted and in a few
weeks a Sunbeam car of the latest
design will be at the command of
patrons. The three drivers employed
by the company, are mechanics as
well as expert motorists. The fare
table has been made so as to be with
in reach of all. A speciality will be we
understand, pleasure runs for 3 parties
of four.
***
MR Percy Thornell met with a slight
accident on Wednesday last through
the horse he was riding falling with
him. Somehow or other one of the
rider’s legs got under the horse,
and as a consequence, is somewhat
bruised.
***
MR Maurice Griffith, nephew of Dr
Griffith, said farewell to his many
friends at the Church of England on
Sunday night last. He has received an
appointment of Curate to a suburban
church.
***
MRS T. Thornell is now building a
villa on Eramosa road, just opposite
the Methodist church.
***
THE post office has changed hands.
Mr Geo Philbuck, who has been post
master since the postal matters came
under the control of the Federal Government has given up the billet. Miss
Thompson who has been with Mr
Philbuck as assistant, has succeeded
to the position.
***

THE Frankston Methodist circuit held
their quarterly meeting in the Somerville Methodist church on Wednesday
last. There was a representative gathering. The usual routine work was
accomplished, and the spiritual side
of the church’s life was discussed.
Financially, the quarter ended with
a substantial credit balance. Tea was
served by the ladies of the Somerville
church.
***
SEAFORD possesses a fine stretch
of beach country, three miles long,
bordered with thick ti-tree growth.
There is a strong local feeling that
this area should be made a national
park, in order that the country there
shall not be devastated by bush fires,
Frankston shire council and the
Seaford Progress Association with the
Government to grant £500 to assist
in tempting the public to the beach.
A deputation from those bodies made
such a request on Wednesday to Mr
H. S. Lawson, Minister of Lands.
The minister, after promising to give
sympathetic consideration to the
matter, although no money was at
present available, made the question
of the control of the whole of the
foreshore was thus opened up. There
was more or less fitful control at the
present time, but he would like to
see a committee or some organised
body in charge, with representatives
on it from the particular councils
concerned, receiving a definite fixed
contribution from the Government
and some assured contributions from
the respective areas affected. That
question he would place before Cabinet at the earliest opportunity.

Crimea river: Putin on the Ritz
By Stuart McCullough
WE’VE all done it. For me, it was
about eight years ago when I decided
to gift a copy of the Coen Brothers’
film, The Hudsucker Proxy to my
father. Like any gift, it was unconditional and the DVD has sat in his
collection ever since.
But time changes things. You see,
The Hudsucker Proxy is no longer
available for purchase in this country.
It used to be but not anymore. The
Coen Brothers are hardly obscure filmmakers and it defies logic that one of
their movies should be so hard to come
by. So, despite the fact that I gave it
away freely, I now want it back.
If anyone knows how I feel, it’s
Russia. In 1954, the general secretary of the Communist Party of the
Soviet Union, Nikita “Knuckles”
Khrushchev, gifted the Crimea region
to Ukraine. It was, apparently, a lastminute thing.
Khrushchev had originally toyed
with getting Ukraine a tonne of JB
Hi-Fi vouchers but, at the last minute,
decided to hand over the Crimean
peninsula instead. Ever since, Crimea
had been part of Ukraine. Until now.
Ordinarily, when things become
tense, I’d simply suggest that people
stay calm and tell the key protagonist
to keep his shirt on. This is not possible when the protagonist in question
is Russian president and all-round
amateur He-Man, Vladimir Putin.
Without doubt, one of Putin’s greatest problems is his absolute inability
to keep his shirt on. It’s as though he’s
allergic to fabric from the belt-line up.
Vlad’s one of those guys who’s yet
to learn that the term “flexing your

muscle” is not to be taken literally. So
how did it come to this?
When considering the current
shemozzle, you’ve got to start with
Viktor “Weird Al” Yanukovych. He
was the president of Ukraine until
February when the Ukrainian parliament voted against him and he fled

the country. He’s also one of the few
political leaders to have a Wikipedia
page with the ignominious heading,
“Alleged Higher Education”. When
he fled, he left behind a mansion and
estate claimed to be worth seventy
million US dollars.
The Finnish company that built it

was so impressed they suggested it
should be entered into the Guinness
Book of World Records. His personal
wealth is estimated to be something
around the $12 billion mark, which
is an astounding achievement if,
like Viktor, your salary has never
exceeded two grand a month.
With Yanukovych gone and elections scheduled for May, Vladimir
Putin responded to the unfettered act
of aggression of existing by sending
in the troops. Then, in a move that
streamlined democracy, a vote was
conducted. The referendum posed two
questions: the first was whether the
voter wished Crimea to become part
of Russia; the second was whether
the voter wanted to restore Crimea’s
1992 constitution that proclaimed
self-government. In effect, the only
available answers were either “yes”
or “perhaps”. Maintaining the status
quo was not one of the options.
It’s fair to say this debacle has
caused chaos. Sanctions that include
preventing the third season of Game
of Thrones from being released in
Russia have been considered. That
Mr Putin considers it a documentary
rather than a work of fiction is beside
the point.
The singer Sting, who once told
us he hoped the “Russians love their
children too”, has been parachuted
into Moscow to either seek urgent
diplomatic talks or, alternatively,
challenge the President to a topless
arm-wrestle. For his part, Putin, who
in terms of sheer showmanship is
probably the James Brown of Eastern
European politics, gave an impassioned speech that was interrupted

by thunderous applause on thirty
occasions. No doubt, he dropped to
his knees before a cape was lowered
across his shoulders that he then
threw off before returning to the microphone. He claimed that the vote to
Russia was done in accordance with
all democratic procedures. I doubt it.
For starters, I am yet to see any evidence of a sausage sizzle conducted at
the polling sites.
Despite the lack of snags, we can
all learn something from Russia. That
outdoor table setting you gave as a
wedding present to the couple you
no longer speak to? It’s yours for the
taking. The box set of The Sopranos
you gifted to the guy your sister used
to date but broke up two years ago?
Morally, it belongs to you. And as for
that copy of The Hudsucker Proxy I
gave my father…
When he arrived home, my father
was surprised to find me in his kitchen.
Hours earlier, I had seamlessly taken
possession of the front half of the
house. In his absence I had conducted
a vote using all known democratic
principles and, being the only person
present at the time, the vote was overwhelmingly in my favour.
But as I stood to leave, there was a
knock on the door and, upon opening
it, I was surprised to find Sting – his
parachute draped across the front
yard, asking to speak to me urgently.
I took it as a sign. Some battles
are worth fighting but if it requires a
discussion with Sting, it’s probably
better to cut your losses. I realize this
sounds improbable. All I can do is
swear that I’m not Putin you on.
stuart@stuartmccullough.com

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FOOD & ENTERTAINMENT

Performance
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of Tony Mokbel; how he grew entangled with the country’s most notorious
underworld figures, how he built his
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1 April this year marks the 30th anniversary of the tragic death of Marvin
Gaye and this two-hour narrative concert explores Marvin’s humble beginnings, his troubled relationship with
his father, the women in his life, his
search for meaning and the music that
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Starring Helpmann Award winning
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Daniel Andrews is a tryer but lacks
the ability to inspire whereas Denis
Napthine is embarrassing as premier,
albeit well intentioned.
Treasurer Michael O’Brien’s push for
higher taxes on poker machines giving nonsense reasons (funding schools,
hospitals, public transport and roads) is
insulting.
Then there’s the OLV (Office of Living Victoria?), the water gold mine, and
electricity, producing many crooks; political, union and business. It’s a mystery. We await their false promises.
***
I WAS looking at my tummy getting
bigger – unstoppable - when I remembered. Eons ago my mates and I went
to the St Kilda sea baths, for men only,
mostly nude men, all shapes and sizes.
Our particular fascination was with
the older men with elephantine tummies. We wondered how long ago they
had set eyes on their miniature tiddles,
even allowing for mirrors and how they
felt about it?
I’m not quite to that stage yet but after
all those years the answer has dawned.
Size is unimportant.
***
ROSS Gittins, senior columnist for
The Age newspaper writes on compulsory superannuation exposing us to the
predatory financial services industry
and likewise union involvement. About
a year too late Ross, but nice to know
you read my column…
***

ON the flight home from lovable Sydney recently I had a delightful young
lady sitting next to me. Svetlana, a
program manager at the Georges River
Combined Council Committee.
On such a short flight, tradition has it
that you say nothing and assume the attitude of the other passengers: look important, almost disdainful, and certainly
never start a conversation with anyone,
let alone a charming young female.
Lucky me, for Svetlana spoke first,
making the 75-minute journey go in a
flash. Unsure as to her passion for the
Georges River, but no matter. So rare,
so nice.
***
TONY has promised to leave penalty
rates alone during his first term of government. Remember this before the
next federal election.
In the meantime, I suggest he cut out
rorts for high income earners, including
access to family tax benefits, tax breaks
on superannuation, negative gearing
and the use of trusts to avoid tax.
Maybe increase the mining tax? I’m
dreaming.
***
NOTED a US study on the personality
(disorders?) of coffee drinkers. Cappuccino drinkers: obsessive and controlling. Latte types: go out of their way
to please others, somewhat neurotic.
Instant: too laid back, procrastinators.
Black: no-nonsense, straightforward,
intelligent, moody. We never seem to
tire of rubbish. I drink black coffee,

***

RECORD Store Day Australia, celebrating the local music outlet, returns
for the sixth year on Saturday 19 April
(Easter Saturday) across Australia.
This is an important day for the music industry as it reiterates the importance of the traditional music outlet as
one of the major avenues for the public
to discover the many genres of music
releases each year.
The public still love to browse and
buy a physical product as seen by the
rise in vinyl purchases over the past 12
months.
Record Store Day last year saw one
of the largest national sales figures for
the physical product since the special
day began in Australia six years ago
with store reporting that it was better
than Christmas and their biggest Saturday since the store began 25 years
before.
In store appearances, signings, special promotions, special releases were
overwhelming endorsed by the music
loving fans.
Record Store Day Australia is run by
The Australian Music Retailers Association (AMRA) and has the unqualified support of record companies and
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music stores.
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By
Gary
Turner

mitments from Harrison Ford, Carrie
Fisher and Mark Hamill.
After making the science fiction
film THX 1138 in 1971 and the rites
of passage movie American Graffiti
in 1973, writer/director George Lucas
spent four years developing and working on this galactic fantasy inspired by
the Flash Gordon cartoon strip. Stars
Wars (1977) cost $8 million and was
made in the UK with little-known
Americans in the leading roles, supported by British actors. Cast included
Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison
Ford, Alec Guiness and David Prowse.
Two sequels (The Empire Strikes
Back 1980, Return of the Jedi 1983)
and three prequels (The Phantom
Menace 1999, Attack of the Clones
2002, Revenge of the Sith 2005) have
generated billions of dollars’ worth of
merchandising sales.
***

***
DISNEY and Lucas Film announced
today that principal photography is
set to begin Star Wars: Episode VII in
May, just in time to get the hugely anticipated next instalment in the storied
franchise ready for its 18 December
2015 release date.
The filmmakers also revealed that
the new movie, the first of three
planned sequels, will pick up 30 years
after Return of the Jedi (aka Episode
VI) left off.
And now that Episode VII production has a start date all it needs are
some stars. So far it has one person in
talks, Adam Driver, and reported com-

A Grain of Salt
MALCOLM Fraser famously said:
“Life wasn’t meant to be easy”. As the
results came through on the elections
in South Australia and Tasmania on the
back of a Collingwood (Nathan) disaster and another cigarette price increase
and the water (con) bill, I’m in mourning.
The Herald Sun is a cat with two
bowls of cream.
Worse still, I reached the age of 78
last Saturday. Woe is me.
***
MATTHEW McConaughey thanked
God at the Academy Awards. Ditto
others saving whales, gay marriages,
mums and dads.
If God motivates Matty so be it, but
could not help wondering why God
helped someone so obviously not in
need, as against millions dying of starvation or stuck in refugee camps overseas.
Did Queen Cate’s speech meet with
our approval? No mention of God. In
Sin City (Sydney) they call her “Our
Cate”?
One also wonders if our chief adviser
on matters of living within our means
(Gina Rinehart) is also thanking God.
No sarcasm intended, merely pondering.
***
WITH the current concentration on
Tony and Joe, let us not forget Victoria. With an election looming it’s surely
time to have a closer look at the phantoms managing our state in our name.

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Frankston Times 31 March 2014

whereas I suspect Andrew Bolt would
be a 6-a-day cappuccino man.
***
YOU’VE lost your glasses, looked everywhere, cannot find; items so important you have two of them.
Do not waste your time searching, get
the second pair. You either find them
without thinking or suddenly you will
remember where you put them, or they
will appear on your bed or your kitchen
bench, unobtrusive, hiding.
I lost my favourite cap; checked all
my visits; nothing forthcoming. Weeks
later I put my second favourite cap on
top of the printer; accidentally knocked
and it fell down the side. I retrieved it,
thought about it, wondered? Bingo!
Save your memory buds and worry for
the big things, big visuals, like walking
into the kitchen and wondering why;
spotting the coffee jar and more. Bingo!
Make your coffee.
Also, have a read of the obituaries in
The Age newspaper, particularly those
born before 1930. Feel better now?
***
THE whole world plays the fool; we
have a new theatre, a new scene, a new
Comedy of Errors, a new company of
actors. We change language, habits,
laws, customs, manners, but not vices,
not the symptoms of folly and madness,
they remain the same and the play never
finishes.
***
I’M rarely hungry. I occasionally enjoy lunch (when I remember to make

By
Cliff
Ellen

lunch), but this puts the kybosh on tea,
sometimes referred to as dinner. I do all
the recommended: vegetables, green
tea, fruits, meat and fish but I’m warning those “advisers” now, if I find out it
was all nonsense when I arrive up there
I’m coming back to haunt you.
Why up, rather than down? We’ve all
done dreadful things. Put a ban on my
type and heaven would be deserted.
Just God, Andrew Bolt, Julie Bishop,
Tony and Matthew McConaughey.
***
I HEAR it on the wireless: “Riverview - a gated community nestled on
the Maribyrnong River”. An exciting prospect. Ratio: females to men?
Can’t wait...If you honestly believe
you need a financial adviser then I suggest you don’t need one...Is your child
well rounded, resilient and self-aware?
Lucky you, took me till I was 50...The
AFL and price ticketing structure “will
always put the fans first” translated “the
more they get the more they want”...Oh
damn, I missed Moomba. Again...hooroo...www.ello8.com
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Doggies hang on in thriller
PROVINCIAL
By IT Gully
MORNINGTON held on to win a
thrilling MPCA Provincial grand final
on Saturday against Sorrento.
After an enthralling first two days
last weekend, it was only fitting this
premiership contest went down to the
very last over.
There is always a hero in a premiership win and for Mornington
it was opener Anthony Gapes, who
faced 133 overs (70 in the first innings
and 63 in the second) without giving
away his wicket.
The way the match was played, it
was never about the runs Gapes made

in the match, it was always about
the steely determination and mental
toughness he had to display to get his
side across the line.
With wickets falling around him
in the first innings, all he had to do
was stay out there and ensure that his
side scored just one more run than
the opposition. The Dogs made 133,
chasing 131. Luke Harper was also
significant in the first innings with 21
runs batting at number 10.
At the end of play last Sunday,
Doggies opening quick Michael Heib
had snared seven wickets and the
Sharks were in massive trouble at
stumps at 9/100-odd.
However, Ryan O’Connor and A J

King put on more than 50 for the last
wicket on Saturday, giving Sorrento a
chance to win the match.
Mornington was set 158 runs to win
or needed to survive the last 63 overs
of the match.
The game was always going down
to the wire.
Mornington looked gone early as
the Sorrento opening bowlers got their
side away to a flyer.
The Dogs lost Rob Hearn, Ben
Clements and Matt Foon early and
were 3/30 at one stage.
The momentum was certainly with
the Sharks.
However, Gapes was still at the
crease and was solid against every

bowler. He had plenty of handy bats to
come in and support him all the way
down the order and they all played
their roles.
With six overs remaining in the day,
Sorrento needed three wickets.
Mornington was too far away from
the 156-run total, so it was survival to
the end.
They held on, crowned the best team
in the MPCA.
For Sorrento, it was another grim
day ;yet another grand final loss.
It was compounded by the fact that
many believe the era at Sorrento has
gone.
Ryan and Liam O’Connor are
rumoured to be going to Ballam Park

next season, while A J and Chris
King are linked to another Provincial
Division club used to winning flags.
Anthony Blackwell, many believe,
has played his last game of top
level cricket and they say there’s
no certainty surrounding the future
of Leigh Poholke or Nick Jewell at
Sorrento.
For Mornington, things look bright.
Despite Clements’ unbelievable
season, there doesn’t seem to be any
plans for him to go back to Frankston
Peninsula.
The Dogs have a wonderful blend of
youth and experience and one senses
they will enjoy a little dynasty if they
stick together.

Prosser guides Pines to premiership
DISTRICT
By IT Gully
PINES assistant coach Jake Prosser
guided his side to victory against
Delacombe Park in the District grand
final on Saturday at Alexandra Park.
Prosser’s match-winning 71
runs was made with grit, maturity,
determination, patience and class, and
rightfully he was the player who hit
the winning runs.
His efforts didn’t go unnoticed by
his coach Ricky Ramsdale, who paid
tribute to his right-hand man.
“He had some demons about
Delacombe [two ducks] coming into
bat today but he was sensational and
showed great maturity,” Ramsdale
said.
Ramsdale was also pleased his
strike bowler Brett Remy will play on
next season.
“Hopefully ‘Rem’ you will give us
one more year.”
Remy is a competitive beast and is
sure to help his side in the top grade,
albeit for one season perhaps.
Pines won the premiership two
seasons ago in Sub-district and now
will play in Provincial next season
after Saturday’s feat.
It was a superb effort by the Piners,
who had seven players under the age
of 22 in their line-up.
Set 156 for victory off the final 63
overs of the match, Prosser strode to
the crease with his side in big trouble,
two wickets down.
Delacombe Park was on top early
with Brett Chard removing both
openers before Prosser and Jeremy
Weare came together at the crease.
The two steadied the ship before
Weare was given out caught behind in
the last over before tea.
The momentum of the match
shifted often throughout Pines’
innings, however, one sensed that
they had the depth of batting to be
able to see out the 63 overs.
While players fell around him,
Prosser continued to look as solid as a
rock, dead-batting the good balls and
looking to score off anything loose
down leg side or short.
Prosser’s innings was chanceless
until the end, when he hooked a
bouncer to a fielder on the fence, only
to have it sail over his head for four.
At the 25 to 40 over mark, it
appeared Pines was just going to bat

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out the overs.
However, when Parkers’ spinners
Varun Singh and Nick Christides
came on, they went for 23 runs in
three overs and the 156-run target
looked achievable.
Prosser could see the finish line
and with the more than handy Nick
Wilcox and Pat Jackson batting with
him, decided to go for the outright

Frankston Times 31 March 2014

win.
Delacombe seemed to lack any
spark in the field other than Chard
(4/17) playing up to the crowd and
getting under the skin of the batsmen.
Simon Dignan bowled well and was
rewarded with a couple of wickets.
The lack of use of Shane Deal, who
bowled Prosser out three times in
previous meetings this year, was odd

and he was only used for six overs.
He finished with 0/8.
His underuse was mind-blowing.
Earlier in the match, Pines opening
bowler Brett Remy finished with
eight wickets for the match, snaring
five in the first innings to really set up
the win. He took three in the second
innings.
Coach Ricky Ramsdale also picked

up eight wickets in the match, three
in the first innings and five in the
second.
With an ageing list, the Parkers may
not get another opportunity as good
as this one to grab a premiership.
Pines, however, has plenty to look
forward to in the top grade next
season.

FRANKSTON TIMES scoreboard

Hillmen Rumour Jewell is
snag a flag heading to Rosebud
SUB-DISTRICT

By IT Gully
YEARS of heartache were all forgotten for Red Hill
on Saturday when they were presented with the MPCA
Sub-district premiership.
After losing the past two grand finals, Red Hill
appeared to be in its best-ever position to win the
premiership, heading into day three.
Rheede Hopgood had made 64, Ken Sullivan 51
and Simon Dart had hit his third century in as many
matches to help Red Hill to a total of 277 last weekend.
More importantly, the Hillmen batted their entire 110
overs.
Having to face the last 41 overs on the second day,
the Buds looked gone at stumps.
Greg McCann (15), Mathew Maher (7), Danny
Heylbut (0) and Darren Kerr (0) were all back in the
sheds. The only light at the end of the tunnel was the
fact there was some experience to come and Brad
Glenn (32) was unbeaten overnight.
The Hillmen were obviously a bowler down with
Glenn Collett not playing, although Lincoln Toy, Ross
Corfield and Jamie McCall headlined a more than
reasonable attack.
At the end of the first weekend, Toy and Corfield had
a couple of wickets each and the Buds were reeling at
5/101.
However, rather than roll over and go down without
a whimper, Rosebud had a crack on the third day.
Although the Buds never looked like tracking down
the 278 for victory, they were able to bat for 100 overs
and make the Hillmen earn their victory.
The Buds were eventually bowled out for 221, a
sensational performance given their poor start.

SPORTS TALK
THERE were plenty of rumours doing the
rounds across the three MPCA grand finals
on Saturday.
Sorrento was the club that appeared to be
the biggest talking point.
The rumours went like this.
Ryan and Liam O’Connor to join Ballam
Park in Sub-district ranks next season.
Anthony Blackwell retired. Leigh Poholke
weighing up his options and unlikely to stay.
A J King and brother Chris King
considering a deal with another Provincial
club that is no stranger to success.
The big talk, though, surrounded Nick
Jewell, who was said to be considering a deal
with Rosebud. Hard to see the former star
Victorian playing Sub-district cricket.
There is a nice fairytale of him playing
cricket and coaching football at the same
club.
There is also talk that Long Island’s
Andrew Tweddle and Justin Brideman are
heading back to Ballam Park also. As former
juniors with Karingal, they would net zero
points.
There was another one that had Red Hill
opening bowler Lincoln Toy heading to
Tootgarook next season. Apparently he told
the club immediately after the premiership
win.
Boneo’s Leigh Lowry has apparently
accepted a role at Somerville.
Langwarrin is close to snaring a left-arm

quick from the Cardinia competition while
Dwayne Doig knocked back big offers to stay
a Kanga for the next two seasons.
***
IN footy news, we’re just two weeks away
from round one and practice matches are in
full swing.
With cricket season now officially finished,
sides will be just about loading up their lists
in the final practice matches this weekend.
Pines’ Brendan Neville, who has been a
significant player for the red and green, has
applied to play in the Ellinbank league.
Karingal has lost another couple in Jim
Martinson to the Southern Football League
and Rhys Bartlett-Quinn to Somerville while
Dylan Emmons has left Mt Eliza to play in
the VAFA.
In good news for Tyabb, there has been
a number of clearances come in for the
Yabbies. No notable names but good players
all the same.
Red Hill has lost Joe Krieger to the
Southern Football League, a big blow for the
Hillmen, who lack height this season.
Rosebud has finally put a clearance in for
Sorrento’s Daniel Hickey. Hickey crossed to
the Buds prior to Christmas.
The other interesting one is Jae Williams
returning to Dromana from Rosebud.
Williams caused some issues when he left
Dromana last season. However, he has
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